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The value of turnover to be sourced from major construction work is forecast to drop by 4.3 per cent by the end of 2015, with a further decline of 1.7 per cent expected to be seen in 2016.

A jump in mental health conditions among the country’s 18-24 year-olds has led to a big rise in the number of young Australians looking for work.

The ACTU is calling for the $5.5 billion last week’s Budget offered small business be used to increase the nation’s minimum wage.

6.8 per cent of Australians (1.3 million) have shown intention to buy or build property in the next year, amounting to a forecast of approximately half a million homes to change owners or to be built.

Approximately one third of Indigenous Australians that were targeted by scammers went on to lose money, a figure that more than doubles the amount of non-Indigenous consumers.

Online payments giant PayPal has paid $US25 million in order to settle claims of illegal conduct made by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The last fortnight has seen a 5.4 per cent cumulative rise, with the Government’s Budget and the RBA rate cut seen in May being cited as key factors behind the boost.

iiNet will have to hand over customer information as a result of legal action taken by DBC and Voltage Pictures, and they’ve decided to offer pro-bono legal services to support alleged infringers.

Businesses could soon be contacting their customers using WhatsApp, the instant messaging app acquired by Facebook in 2014.

The latest Small Business Survey from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry revealed a continuing trend of poor confidence prior to the release of the Government’s Budget last week.

Google’s fully self-driving vehicle will be leaving the company’s testing facilities and hitting the open road.

91,637 took to the ACCC with complaints of scams in 2014, resulting in an accumulated loss of $81,832,793.

There are less Australians applying for post-paid plans with new mobile phone handsets, according to telecommunications data released by Roy Morgan Research.

It was only yesterday that we saw Quickflix lock in a trading halt on the ASX, and now the company is coming back to life thanks to a partnership with Foxtel’s Presto on-demand streaming service.

If you’re already finding it hard to jump off Facebook, the company’s new service will have you well and truly stuck.

The operator of online electronics store Electronic Bazaar has been fined $100,000 for misleading customers regarding refunds and the liability for faulty goods.

Yesterday streaming service Netflix released its first Netflix ISP Speed Index taking into account Australian and New Zealand providers, and Telstra has a thing or two to point out.

The Abbott Government has unveiled the 2015-16 Budget, unveiling a $5.5 billion package driven by tax breaks aiming to support the nation’s 2 million-plus small businesses.

Streaming service Netflix has released their first index naming Australia’s fastest Internet Service Providers, and guess who’s come out on top.

Consumer confidence has strengthened following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.0 per cent.